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Protesters gathered outside the RTE studios in Donnybrook on Friday to tell Late Late Show guest Dr Anthony Fauci to ‘go home’. The American immunologist has served as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, and appeared on Friday’s episode of the Late Late Show via Zoom to speak to Ryan Tubridy about the progress of the COVID-19 pandemic. Posts encouraging people to protest Dr Fauci’s appearance on the Late Late Show circulated on social media earlier this week, announcing that a ‘rally for truth’ would be held from 5pm on September 25 outside ‘the...

Around 100 people have attended an anti-RTÉ protest on the grounds of the organization in Dublin. The crowd gathered outside the entrance to RTÉ in Donnybrook, before making their way through the barriers to the main TV reception. A number of people made speeches, including activist Gemma O’Doherty, as some members of the crowd banged on the glass. […] The protest heard calls against the use of face coverings, the gardaí and the Government’s response to COVID-19. The crowd also heard speeches criticizing the arrest of Ms. O’Doherty in Co(unty) Wicklow yesterday. Fellow activist John Waters was also in attendance...

SENIOR RTE bosses have axed a Fair City storyline in which al-Qaeda terrorists attack Shannon airport, after deciding that it "did not reflect the Islamic community in Ireland", the Sunday Tribune has learned. The script for the special hour-long episode was drawn up by Fair City programme makers, and presented to senior management in RTE in the past week. The decision was then made to pull the storyline. "Fair City was considering running a special episode involving Muslim extremists and the proposed storyline did involve a Muslim terrorist attack, " said RTE spokeswoman Tara O'Brien. "Senior management decided it was...

RTÉ bosses have expressed their sorrow following the apparent suicide of one of the participants in a reality tv show co-produced by the broadcaster. British teenager Carina Stephenson was among the “settlers” who took part with the Hurley family from Dublin and three other families from Britain and Australia in the programme, The Colony. The fly-on-the wall series, which followed the fortunes of modern day families left in the Australian bush with nothing but the tools and rations that were issued to settler families in New South Wales 200 years ago, was jointly funded by RTÉ, an Australian production company,...

The (Irish) Automobile Association has confirmed that European Car Free Day turned out to be the busiest day of the month so far on Dublin's roads. Spokesman Conor Faughnan said it was ironic that bad weather conditions had resulted in a heavier traffic flow. Ireland took part in the annual event for the fifth year. Over 1,000 European towns and cities, including 20 in Ireland, participated. People were encouraged to explore alternative forms of transport with work colleagues and school children urged to avail of car pooling, cycling, public transport options and walking to work or school. Many countries throughout...

CONTROVERSIAL film maker Michael Moore has admitted that his hero is RTE's feisty Washington correspondent Carole Coleman after her tough interview with President George Bush. Moore, whose family roots are in from Tipperary, Cork and Waterford, said: "In the end, doesn't it always take the Irish to speak up?" "She's my hero!" Moore said repeatedly about RTE's correspondent in an exclusive interview with the Irish Independent. "Where are the Carole Colemans in the US press?" he asked, alluding to Ms Coleman's rigorous questioning of President Bush on the eve of his visit to Ireland last month. "I know that a...